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An Iraqi waterway nearby oil fields (AFP/FILE)

February 10th, 2019 - 11:17 GMT

Draining Upstream, Chaos Downstream: The Eco-Political Disaster of Iraq’s Waterways

Water is the key holding all of Iraq together. It is rapidly draining.

Lukoil accounts for over two per cent of global crude oil production and around one per cent of the world’s proved hydrocarbon reserves. (File photo)

March 5th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Russia's Lukoil eyes operations expansion in Middle East

Iraqi forces are making gains against Daesh in western Mosul. (AFP/File)

March 1st, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Iraqi forces making headway in fight for western Mosul

Iraqis, mostly supporters of prominent cleric Moqtada Sadr, take part in a mock funeral procession in Baghdad on February 14, 2017, to pay their respects to seven people killed last week during a protest for electoral reform. (AFP/Sabah Arar)

February 17th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Thousands of pro-Sadr demonstrators descend on Baghdad

The Iraqi government is seeking to lower its international borrowing costs after the country was badly hit by the slump in oil prices. (Shutterstock)

February 14th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Trade Bank of Iraq plans second $1B bond issue

There remain border tensions between Iraq and Kuwait years on from Saddam Hussein's invasion (Wikimedia Commons)

February 9th, 2017 - 02:42 GMT

‘Khor Abdullah is Iraqi’ hashtag declares as Kuwaiti-Iraqi tensions flare over disputed waterway

Iraq needs an 'Afghanistan-style' de-mining operation, according to the UN. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

UN: Millions of dollars needed to de-mine Iraq in wake of Daesh

A picture taken in March this year, shows the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

February 2nd, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Iraqi forces face Daesh ‘suicide boats’ as they reach Tigris River in Mosul offensive

Children play in Mosul. (AFP/File)

February 1st, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Civilians in East Mosul, free from Daesh, but desperate for food

Protests in New York against the immigration order (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)

January 30th, 2017 - 09:52 GMT

Iran may have reciprocated in kind, but how are the other ‘Muslim ban’ countries responding?

Demonstrators gather outside of the Trump Hotel International during a protest on January 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Zach Gibson)

January 30th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Iraqi MPs call for banning Americans, as Trump’s Muslim ban wreaks havoc on the region

President Donald Trump has signed another executive order to destroy Daesh. (AFP/File)

January 29th, 2017 - 08:30 GMT

Trump gives Pentagon 30 days to develop strategy to destroy Daesh

Iraqi and coalition forces launched an operation on October 17, 2016 to retake Mosul from Daesh militants.

January 23rd, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Iraqi forces continue advancement into east Mosul